Dams in Brown County, Kansas

241Total Dams

6High Hazard

9Significant

Dam Safety in Brown County, Kansas

Brown County has 241 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 6 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 9 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 8 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.

The average dam in Brown County is 51 years old. The most common purpose is flood risk reduction. The tallest dam is Pony Creek Lake at 67 ft.

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Dam	Hazard	Condition	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
Pony Creek Lake	High	Satisfactory	67	Water Supply	1993
Frd No M-3	High	Fair	52	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No T-4	High	Poor	40	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Mission Lake	High	Poor	36	Water Supply	1924
Frd No T-3	High	Poor	34	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
15-27	High	Satisfactory	25	Flood Risk Reduction	2003
Frd No Gs 11	Significant	Satisfactory	47	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No W-5	Significant	Poor	41	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Dd No 18-8	Significant	Fair	39	Debris Control	1999
Frd No T-1	Significant	Poor	39	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
12-8	Significant	Fair	38	Flood Risk Reduction	2004
Frd No E-2	Significant	Fair	36	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Gsd No 12	Significant	Poor	33	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
	Significant		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Significant	Not Rated	18	Irrigation
Mission Lake Cdf	Low		65	Other	2010
	Low		42	Other
Gs Dd No 1-11a (wegener)	Low		42	Flood Risk Reduction	1986
Brown Co State Fishing Lake	Low		42	Fish and Wildlife Pond	1953
Frd No M-2	Low		42	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Dd No 12-4	Low		41	Flood Risk Reduction	1984
Gsd No. 11-13	Low		41	Debris Control	2000
Frd No W-1	Low		41	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Kerber-greer Dd No Viii	Low		41	Flood Risk Reduction
Dd No 30	Low		40
Frd No S-2	Low		40	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Frd No H-2	Low		40	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
	Low		39		1975
Gs Dd No 8-2	Low		39	Debris Control	1990
Site 12-7	Low		39		2000
Frd No E-1	Low		39	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Frd No Gs 23	Low		39	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Dd No 19	Low		38	Flood Risk Reduction	2006
Gs Dd No 2-26	Low		38	Debris Control	1995
Frd No S-1	Low		38	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Henry Stube Dd No Iii	Low		38	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No T-2	Low		38	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No Gs 31	Low		38	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Dd Vi	Low	Poor	38	Flood Risk Reduction	2022
	Low		37		1970
	Low		37	Debris Control	1975
	Low		37		1966
Gs Dd No 8-4	Low		37	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No Gs 3a	Low		37	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Frd No Gs 21	Low		37	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Frd No 1	Low		37	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Brown Co Scd Dd No V	Low		37	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low	Not Available	36	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
	Low		36	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Dd No Vii	Low		36		1970
Gs Dd No 19-6 (tollefson)	Low		36	Flood Risk Reduction	1988
Frd No Gs 35	Low		36	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Strube-wenger-hall Dd No Iv	Low		36	Flood Risk Reduction	1957
Dd No 2 (strahm)	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction	1993
Dd No 35	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction	2001
Dd No 36	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction	2002
Dd No 2-30c	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction	1980
Gs Dd No 2-35	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction	1997
Frd No H-1	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Frd No W-4	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Frd No W-2	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		34		1967
Dd No 17-16	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction
Dd No 3-29	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction	1984
Frd No 3	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Frd No Gs 32	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No W-3	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No Gs 16	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Frd No Gs 2	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No Gs W-6	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Zimmer Dd No I	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction	1954
Dd No Vii	Low	Fair	34	Flood Risk Reduction	1959
	Low		33		1965
	Low		33		1967
Gs Dd No 9-2	Low		33	Debris Control
	Low		33		1970
	Low		33	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
	Low		33	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
Dd No 21	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction	2003
Dd No 122	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No M-4	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No Gs 20	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Blakely-trompeter Gsd No 70	Low		33	Debris Control
	Low		32		1966
	Low		32		1977
	Low		32		1966
	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1975
Gs Dd No 8-3	Low		32	Debris Control	1994
	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
Gs Dd No 3-31	Low		32	Flood Risk Reduction	1995
Dd No 27-5a (sibold)	Low		32	Flood Risk Reduction
Gs Dd No 10-1	Low		32	Flood Risk Reduction	1995
Frd No Gs 14	Low		32	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
W.g. Williams Dd No Ii	Low		32	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		31		1975
	Low		31	Debris Control	1977
	Low		31		1968
	Low		31	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		31	Debris Control	1976
Gs Dd No 11-7	Low		31	Debris Control
	Low		31	Debris Control	1975
Gs Dd No 113 (randolph)	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1987
Dd No 12-12	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction
Gs Dd No 9-4	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1995
Dd No 4-17 (bruning)	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1981
Rodney Rice Dam	Low	Fair	31	Irrigation
Frd No S-3	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Frd No Gs 1	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No Gs 19	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No Gs 17	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Frd No Gs 4	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No M-1	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No 20	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Frd No 2	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
White; H.r. & J.o. Gsd No 66	Low		31	Debris Control	1956
Dd No 13	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		30		1965
	Low		30		1965
	Low		30		1977
	Low		30		1968
	Low		30		1967
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
	Low		30		1966
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1979
	Low		30	Debris Control	1974
	Low		30		1967
Dd No 115 (bailey)	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1981
Dd No 27-31 (scoby)	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1981
Dd No 7-1a	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	2001
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1971
Gs Dd No 17-20a	Low	Poor	30	Flood Risk Reduction	1994
Frd No Gs 30	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Dd No 21-15	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No Gs 33	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No Gs 28	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No Gs-18	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
	Low		29		1970
	Low		29		1970
	Low		29		1969
	Low		29		1962
	Low		29		1974
	Low		29		1969
	Low		29		1972
	Low		29		1968
	Low		29	Other
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Gs Dd No 48 (hillyer)	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1986
Dd No 25-18 (studer)	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1980
Gs Dd No 24	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction
Gs Dd No 9	Low	Satisfactory	29		1995
Dd No 5-13a	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1984
Gs Dd No 4-10	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1996
Dd No 27-29 (hennigan)	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1981
Jamvold Stream Obstruction/dam	Low		29	Irrigation	2014
Frd No Gs 27	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No Gs 25	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
	Low		28		1967
Jones-precision Dam	Low		28	Irrigation
	Low		28		1977
	Low		28		1961
	Low		28		1966
	Low	Not Available	28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1975
	Low		28	Recreation
	Low		28		1975
	Low		28	Water Supply	1933
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		28		1963
Gs Dd No 116 (bailey)	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1987
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		28		1976
Gs Dd No 120	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1994
Dd No 9-5 (bruning)	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1985
Gs Dd No C 22-8	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1996
Gs Dd No 4-20c	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1989
Dd No 133	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction
Dd No 124	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 7	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Frd No 4	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Pederson Gsd No 25	Low		28	Debris Control	1956
	Low		27		1969
	Low		27		1973
	Low		27		1968
	Low		27		1975
	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1960
Wenger Gsd No 39	Low		27	Debris Control	2003
Dd No 131	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		27	Debris Control	1974
	Low		27	Debris Control
Frd No Gs 29	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
	Low		26		1974
	Low		26		1966
	Low		26		1966
	Low		26		1964
	Low		26		1966
	Low		26		1962
	Low		26		1972
	Low		26		1965
	Low		26		1975
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		26		1962
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1967
	Low		26	Debris Control
Irrigantion Dam	Low		26	Irrigation
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1960
	Low		26	Debris Control	1975
Dd No 5-7	Low		26	Flood Risk Reduction	2001
Gsd No 26	Low		26	Debris Control
	Low		25	Debris Control	1978
	Low		25		1970
	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Wulf Dam	Low		25	Irrigation	2018
Willis Dam	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1969
Gs Dd No 25-21	Low		25	Flood Risk Reduction	1994
Rice Farms Irrigation Pond	Low		25	Irrigation	2014
Ballew Gsd No 21	Low		25	Debris Control
Gs Dd No 27-9a (skinner)	Low		24	Flood Risk Reduction	1991
Dd No 24-6a (wenger)	Low		24	Flood Risk Reduction	1982
Kimsey Gsd No 73	Low		24	Debris Control
Haug Gsd 48	Low		24	Debris Control
	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1958
Youssi Gsd No 10	Low		23	Debris Control
Lowe-johannes Gsd No 79	Low		23	Debris Control
	Low		22
	Low		22	Irrigation
	Low		21		1966
Dd No 126 (herbster)	Low		20	Flood Risk Reduction	1982
Dd No 31-7	Low		19	Flood Risk Reduction	1980
Olsen Gsd No 54	Low		19	Debris Control	2003
Brown Co Scd Et Al Gsd No 1	Low		19	Debris Control	1955
Brown & Brown Co Scd Gsd No 57	Low		19	Debris Control
	Low		18
	Low		18	Debris Control	1976
Gsd No 17 (pederson)	Low		18	Debris Control
Gsd No 1a	Low		17	Debris Control	1955
Ksnoname 264	Low		15	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Undetermined		33	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
	Undetermined		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
	Undetermined		0	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond

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